Tuesday 21st April – Home Learning
Good morning, everybody. I hope yesterday went well? Remember, we simply recommend that children need to be doing a little bit of reading, writing and maths each day and you are more than welcome to support your child in any way that you can. Everything else is a bonus and, remember, the main thing they need from you is structure, emotional support and love during this unusual time.
Do as much as you can and if there’s a piece of your child’s learning you would like to share, please feel free to send me a picture or video at t.prior@southill.dorset.sch.uk. If you have any other videos or fantastic pictures to share with the school about anything else you are doing at home, simply email them to Mrs Symonds at media@southill.dorset.sch.uk.
Remember to email me at some point during the week just to let me know that you’re ok. I sent the first batch of reports out yesterday and I will be sending another lot out today as, sadly, we were not able to talk at parents evening – so stay tuned.
Mr. Prior 🙂
Spellings
Learn the five spellings below ready for Friday
address
answer
appear
arrive
believe
Challenge- find out what the spellings mean using a dictionary and try to use the words in your own brilliant sentence.
Reading
Please ensure your children reads daily for at least fifteen minutes. A combination of them reading independently, out loud to an adult and letting them listen to the story being told by the adult is advisable. Simply record any reading in your child’s reading record book. Remember to also quiz your books.
IMPORTANT REMINDER- we are still monitoring book quizzes on Star Reader so please ensure you are still doing them. Parents- you are more than welcome to read the question out loud for your child if it helps them.
Challenge- As you have already written a film review, why not have a go at a book review as well? Think about how you are going to introduce your review and how you are going to structure it using subtitles.
Writing Task- Adventurous Adverbs
Adverbs are very versatile as they can move around sentences. They tell you more about the how, when, where and why of everything. Personally, I think that adverbs are great to use at the beginning of a sentence. We call these ‘fronted adverbials’ because they are at the front of the sentence. Watch the video below to find out more…
Below you have three challenges to complete. Remember, we are looking for Year 3 standard sentences. Can you use some of the adjectives from yesterday or even use a wide range of punctuation? Challenge yourself.
Title- Fronted AdverbialsÂ
Challenge 1- Complete the following sentences by adding extra information after the fronted adverbial. One has been done for you.
a) Barely alive, the stroppy teenager crawled towards the fridge in order to grab yet another can of fizzy pop!
b) Down by the cliffs, _____________________________________________
c) Silently, ____________________________________________________
d) Mysteriously, ________________________________________________
e) In the distance, _______________________________________________
Challenge 2- Using the fronted adverbial mat, can you insert an appropriate fronted adverbial in the following sentences. If you cannot see it very well, simply type in fronted adverbials mat onto Google and a large version should appear.
f) ____________, a loud noise vibrated through the dark, eerie forest…
g) ____________, I will do the pile of dishes that are piling up like a skyscraper out of the sink!
h) ____________, I opened the door and the hinges groaned in anger.Â
I) _____________, creatures were scurrying past, causing large shadows across the grass.
j) _____________, Michael opened his test paper and smirked when he saw the first question.
Challenge 3-Â Can you create your very own sentences from scratch? Remember to begin with a fronted adverbial and don’t forget the comma! Be adventurous with your vocabulary. Could you also try to include-
-A simile
-Alliteration
-Personification
Arithmetic Task- SPEED TABLES
7 minutes, 100 questions. How fast and accurate can you be? I’ve seen a number of parents also giving this a go which is great and sets an amazing example to the children. It’s telling them that, even as adults, you can still better yourself.
Good luck and I’m sure you will SMASH IT!
Maths No Problem Task- Measuring Time in Minutes
Here are the answers to the questions you completed on the Monday…
Refresher- Remember to recap important aspects associated with telling the time.Â
What does the small hand tell us?
What does the big hand tell us?
How many minutes are in an hour?
What does quarter past, half past and quarter to mean?
How do we work out 24 hour clock?
What do AM and PM mean?
If it is 1:56pm and it takes me 2 hours to get home, what time will I arrive at my house?
In focus task (page 81)- Look at the question together (cover up the Let’s Learn part). First of all, get the children to calculate how many minutes it takes to get to noon (12pm) first. Show them that the duration can be broken up into 40 minutes and 5 minutes using a number bond. Draw a timeline (or look at the timeline in the book) to show how go from 11.20am-12 then add the final 5 minutes. The game therefore ended at 12.05pm.
Now look at the Let’s Learn and have a go at question 2. Ask children why they have separated the minutes into 10 minutes and 35 minutes.
Textbook (page 82)- Guided Practice– Have a go at the questions together using either the number bond method or the timeline. Remind children that if the minutes cross the 60 minute mark, then the hour hand moves to the next number on the clock. Work with the children on this as the idea of guided practice is to put the method into practice.
Workbook (page 50)- Children to have a go at the questions on page 50. Ensure children draw the hands on the clock accurately with a straight edge and make the hands the correct size (small hand for the hour and the big hand for the minute). Children tend to rush the workbook so it is important to make sure that they read the question carefully and show their working.
I will post the answers to these questions on tomorrow’s blog post.
Topic-based task – Tribal Tales – Asking Questions
Our topic this half term is based around the Stone Age (see curriculum plans for details). Below are a number of pictures which the children simply need to generate questions they have in order to find out more later on during the topic. Encourage children to think of open-ended questions which would require a more detailed response rather than a one word answer.
Stone Age pics
Here are two questions to get you going…
What were the tools used for?
How did people start a fire back then?
Think of as many as you can and don’t forget the capital letter and question mark. We will aim to answer your burning questions by the end of the topic.
This is the last day on this activity so try to get as many open-ended questions down as you can. 🙂
Other Fun Ideas and Activities
Keen to do more? Not ready to call it a day? Then why not give some of the activities below a go (who knows, you might enjoy it)…
Science Experiments- Rummage around in the cupboards and you may like to have a go at some of these wicked science experiments!
Make a massive marshmallow, create a bouncing egg, make pepper swim (link to the importance of washing hands) create a tornado in a glass, create dragon eggs, make your own slime, make a hovercraft balloon or even a skittles rainbow.
Get the children making predictions as to what may happen then carry out the experiment. Want to know how to do these experiments? Visit some of the websites listen below…
https://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/blog/easy-cool-science-experiments-for-kids
https://sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
https://mashable.com/article/science-experiments-for-kids/?europe=true
JOKE BOOK- Did you enjoy video? If you haven’t seen Jester Prior delivering his all-time favourite jokes yet, then visit the Year 3 news page. Why not create your very own joke book? You could create a title page and note down some of the funniest jokes you can think of. I’m sure your parents could do with a laugh! 🙂
Audible- a great app which you can download and contains many free books (great to listen to before bedtime).
Prior’s Top Audible Picks – Kid Normal by Radio DJ Greg James and Chris Smith.
-Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
-The Gift of Dark Hollow (the sequel to Podkin One-Ear) by Kieran Larwood
Alternatively, if you’re a real keen Walliams fan, he is currently releasing a lot of chapters of his books for free! This includes an audio story from The World’s Worst Children every day for the next 30 days! Check out this link- David Walliams
Sumdog- Online maths and literacy questions delivered through entertaining games. Simply create a login totally free of charge, create an avatar and let your children explore and play. Mr Prior’s favourite game…JUNK PILE! It’s addictive- be warned. Parents- you can also set certain questions on there for your children to focus on. Any questions, please email me.
Maths Factor-Â KEEN FOR EVEN MORE MATHS? Carol Vordeman has made her website free during this strange time…feel free to login and check out some of the activities- https://www.themathsfactor.com/
ICT- Fancy becoming quicker at typing and brushing up on your fine motor skills? Why not have a go at BBC Dance Mat Typing…Dancing for your fingertips…you know the drill…follow the link- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
French- Bonjour! Can you find out the names of the following colours in French?
Blue, Green, Red, Black, Yellow, Pink, Purple and Orange
Then can you explain what is your favourite colour…
Ma couleur préférée ________________
Challenge- Create a ‘French’ rainbow to stick in your window. Simply write the names of the colours in french inside each arch.
Lego Construction- Can you create Stone Henge or even a cave out of Lego?
Lexia- If you have a Lexia account, please feel free to login and try to do it for at least 15 minutes.
The Daily Mile- If you have a garden big enough (or a quiet field nearby) why not head out for the Daily Mile? 15 minutes…how many laps can you do?
PE- Remember to tune into Joe Wicks in the morning. If you still have energy to burn, then why not have a go at the dance routines below!